Ashley P. and Ruth W. Larkin were from Rochester, New York. In the summer of 1968, the couple toured the western United States, Canada and Alaska with their friends Don and Janette Hennekey. Their round trip by car included the following stops: Winnipeg, Manitoba; Calgary, Jasper and Banff, Alberta; Kamloops, Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia; Port Angeles, Seattle and Ellensburg, Washington; Missoula and West Yellowstone, Montana; Gillette, Wyoming; and Watt, South Dakota. Their trip also included a cruise from Vancouver to Skagway aboard the S.S. Princess Patricia with stops in Prince Rupert, Juneau, Skagway, Wrangell and Alert Bay. In January and February 1973, they took a cruise of the Caribbean aboard the M.S. Southward of the Norwegian Caribbean Lines. Their cruise included stops in Curacao, Caracas, Grenada, Martinique, St. Croix, San Juan, Saint Thomas, and Nassau.